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floreani, 11 days ago to random

POV you’ve proposed a stupid tech policy idea and I’m judging you for it while also explaining why it’s a shit idea on national tv xoxo

floreani, 11 days ago to random

as a digital rights advocate I am doomed to have the same arguments forever. anyway, here’s my essay from 2021 on why online anonymity is really important, actually: https://overland.org.au/2021/10/online-anonymity-is-really-important-actually/

floreani, 16 days ago to random

it was lovely to join Queer View Mirror on 3RRR today to chat about gender, tech, surveillance and where it all comes together: automated gender recognition. you can listen back here: https://www.rrr.org.au/explore/programs/queer-view-mirror/episodes/29470-queer-view-mirror-29-may-2024

floreani, 16 days ago to random

every time I mention Palestine in the DRW newsletter I get at least one (usually more) angry responses with a "why wont you stick to tech/privacy/security" vibe

surveillance and AI tech—fueled by data collection of Palestinians—are amplifying the genocide. Israel exports its tech around the world, 'battled-tested' on Palestinians. Israel has contracts with large data-extractive tech companies. these are privacy and security issues.

decryption, 21 days ago to random

Issue 2095 of The Sizzle just left my mail server!

Today's headlines:

• Google's AI answer bot is very dumb, laughable actually

• iFixit cracks the shits with Samsung and Spotify's 2-yo Car Thing is already e-waste

• The Daylight DC-1 is an e-ink style tablet that'll do 60-120fps

• Banning kids under 16 from social media is a dumb idea and people smarter than me agree

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• Cheap Lebara SIM, PlayStation Plus, Moto G54 phone, Samsung 256GB microSD

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floreani, 24 days ago to random

doing a little tip tap tippity tap at my keyboard tonight about the ludicrous proposals to attempt to ban children under 16 from social media. the challenge, as always, is to try to translate screaming into the abyss into some kind of coherent argument

floreani, 29 days ago to random

if you, like me, wanna donate to support Palestinians, but you, like me, are totally overwhelmed by where to send money, may I suggest https://gazafunds.com/

it's run by Arab and Palestinian engineers, students, writers, and academics working to help get exposure and traction to fundraisers created for people in Gaza to facilitate the process of finding and choosing crowdfunding campaigns to donate to.